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CC. Current Events

Utilizes motivational activities to create an awareness of society and its problems and solutions. For grades 4-12, adult education.

DD. Economics and the Newspaper

Covers basic economic skills including a section on consumer economics. For grades 4-12, adult education.

EE. Exploring Diversity

Created in partnership with Saint Louis University and Sara Lee, this guide explores the concerns, prejudices, pressures and opportunities diversity brings as we grow up. For grades 3-8.

FF. First Things First: Using the Newspaper to Teach the Five Freedoms of the First Amendment

Produced in partnership with the Missouri Bar Association’s Law-Related Education program, the guide allows students to analyze events in the newspaper and form conclusions, incorporating the five freedoms of the First Amendment. The five units are divided into elementary, middle and high school activities complete with goals and evaluations. For all grades.

GG. Fitting In

This guide offers lessons and reproducible activity sheets that use the newspaper to explore issues of peer pressure and fitting in with others. For grades 4-12.

HH. Global Connections - International

Updated from the Global Connections teacher’s guide offered in previous years, this edition focuses on people, places and perspectives on an international level, and follows the National Geographic Society’s geography standards. Includes a map covering the Iraq and Middle East regions. For grades 4-12.

II. Global Connections - National

Updated from the Global Connections teacher’s guide offered in previous years, this edition focuses on people, places and perspectives on a national level, and follows the National Geographic Society’s geography standards. Includes a wall-sized map of the United States. For grades 4-12.

JJ. Learning About Missouri

Encourages teachers and students to learn about the state of Missouri and its communities. For grades 4-10.

KK. Strength of a Nation

Developed after the events of September 11, this guide uses examples from various periods of U.S. history, demonstrating how our nation has faced disasters, wars, and other challenges before and has rebounded with unity and resolve to overcome them. For grades 3-12.

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